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Autore |
Feitlowitz Marguerite |
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Titolo |
A lexicon of terror [[electronic resource] ] : Argentina and the legacies of torture / / Marguerite Feitlowitz |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-975303-2 |
1-283-00986-2 |
9786613009869 |
0-19-975326-1 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. and updated, with a new epilogue.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (410 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rhetoric - Political aspects - Argentina - History |
Political violence - Argentina - History |
Disappeared persons - Argentina - History |
Terrorism - Argentina - History |
Argentina Politics and government 1955-1983 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Gentlemen's Coup; A Lexicon of Terror; 1 A Lexicon of Terror; 2 Night and Fog; 3 "Life Here Is Normal,"; 4 The Land Mourneth; 5 The House of the Blind; 6 "The Scilingo Effect" The Past Is a Predator; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals ""disappeared""--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship / PEN New England Award in 1998, A Lexicon of Terror is a sensitive and unflinching account of the sadism, paranoia, and deception the military junta unleashed on the Argentine people from 1976 to 1983. This updated edition features a new epilogue that chronicles major political, legal, and social developments in Argentina since the book's initial publication. It also continues the |
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